A U.S. District Court Judge recently agreed with Holland, Groves, Schneller & Stolze, LLC in rejecting the Norfolk Southern Railway Company's attempt to avoid FELA liability by calling one of its switchmen a "maritime worker." The plaintiff was injured at an east coast coal loading facility that the railroad claimed made his exclusive remedy the [...]
The National Transportation Safety Board makes the following recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration:
A jury in Texas rejected the BNSF Railway Company's long-standing use of rough-riding locomotives with " toad stool" seats, returning a verdict against the railroad for over $1.2 Million for a 63 year-old retired locomotive engineer who claimed that his lower back was injured because of years of riding on engines for the railroad.
In the railroad industry, deadhead transportation is a way of life for many. Today, the most common method of deadheading is a contract van company. There are a wide variety of van companies that have contracted with the various railroads to provide transportation services to railroad workers. This transportation of railroad workers has been deemed [...]
If you work for the railroad in or around Illinois, you should be aware that under a recent Illinois court opinion, you cannot sue your railroad employer if you are fired due to getting hurt at work. Although this was long believed to be true by most attorneys practicing in the railroad field, an Illinois [...]
